An Army Bomb Technician Reveals What His Life Is Really Like

Bomb disposal is the process rendering hazardous explosive devices safe by defusing them or blowing them up in the most controlled way possible.

Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams are the Army’s preeminent tactical and technical explosives experts.

They deal with all types of bombs, including Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that have become a huge threat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

So what's it like to defuse and detonate bombs for a living?

We came across this revealing thread on Reddit created by a member of an EOD team that served two tours in Iraq with the U.S. Army. He answered questions for about six hours until his username and all of his answers were deleted.